I thought I didn't like Aspen, but I think I just don't like any of the characters in this book. All this was was America flipflopping between choosing Maxon or Aspen depending on who was standing in front of her. There was absolutely no communication between any of the characters, and they all acted solely based on what they wanted for themselves. It also seems like America lost all her brain cells because she kept doing stupid thing after stupid thing.

I genuinely didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did. Granted, I did find the characters annoying at times, and the plot was really predictable. I wish I had read this when I was younger because I'm sure I would have eaten up the whole series. I do plan on continuing because the way this book ended left a lot to be desired (I've read enough fanfiction based on this plot to know how it ends, but I need closure). My favourite thing about it was probably the premise, and my absolute least favourite thing was Aspen. I hope he gets what's coming to him.

This took me a while to get into because the start is very slow. Once it actually gets going, it's very hard to put this book down. The characters are very well written and feel like they have real relationships and problems, which seems to be rare in fantasy stories. There were some plot points that I wonder if they were supposed to be twists because they were pretty obvious to me, but it doesn't take away from my enjoyment. There were a lot of perspectives thrown in, but I feel like it was done very well and I was never confused about who we were following. I also really liked the Scottish feel of the book.